‘$63k of cocaine’ in AerLingus passenger's stomach led to biting rage & death

A Brazilian passenger who died after ‘running amok’ and biting another passenger on a flight from Lisbon to Dublin on Sunday was alleged to have been carrying 800 grams of cocaine in his stomach, with a street value of $63,000.

The man, named as John Kennedy Santos Gurjao by the Irish Times, is believed to have swallowed 80 pellets containing a substance suspected as cocaine. It is understood that one pellet burst in his stomach, causing him to suffer a violent seizure.

The 24 year-old became severely agitated half way through the two hour journey from Lisbon to the Irish capital, which was carrying 168 passengers and six crew members.

All of a sudden, he “ran amok” across the cabin and bit a fellow passenger. He was eventually restrained by the cabin crew. Gurjao became unconscious and a doctor and two nurses who were amongst the passengers rushed to help him.